ACTION REQUESTED:  
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the OFFICIAL ZONING MAP of the City of Peoria to Rezone Property from a Class R-4 (Single Family) District to a Class CN (Neighborhood Commercial) for the Properties Located at 908 HOWETT (Parcel Identification No. 18-08-477-011), 912 HOWETT (Parcel Identification No. 18-08-477-010), 313 NEW STREET (Parcel Identification No. 18-08-477-023) and 319 NEW STREET (Parcel Identification No. 18-08-477-022), Peoria, Illinois.  (Council District 1)
 
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BACKGROUND:  The petitioner, James Tillman, is requesting to rezone the property from a Class R-4 (Single Family) District, to a Class CN (Neighborhood Commercial).  
 
The Planning and Zoning Commission VOTED 5 - 0 TO APPROVE the request. 
 
FINANCIAL IMPACT:  N/A
 
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:  N/A
                     
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The neighborhood will have increase in CN, Neighborhood Commercial zoning, which will allow for neighborhood-scale commercial uses.
 
IMPACT IF DENIED:  The subject lots will remain zoned R-4, Single Family. 
 
ALTERNATIVES:  N/A
 
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A
 
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
 
1. Grow Peoria: Businesses, Jobs, and Population                     
2. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
 
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
 
1. Grow employers and jobs.                     
2. Reinvest in neighborhoods.                     
 
DEPARTMENT: Community Development